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Sydney New South Wales [42]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33]

Melbourne Victoria [25]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22]

Belfast, Antrim [21]

Edinburgh [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

Glasgow Scotland [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Brunswick New South Wales [13]

Shetland, Scotland [11]

Hobart Tasmania [10]

Carlton Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Belfast [8]

Carlisle, Cumberland [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

Aberdeen Scotland [6]

Glasgow [6]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [6]

VIC Victoria [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Euroa Victoria [5]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Richmond Victoria [5]

Townsville Queensland [5]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [4]

Buninyong Victoria [4]

Edinburgh Scotland [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Scotland [4]

Walcha New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Belfast, Down [3]

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080]

Serjeant [262]

Gunner [256]

Corporal [218]

Driver [193]

Sapper [186]

Second Lieutenant [164]

Lieutenant [144]

Lance Corporal [140]

Captain [113]

Acting Corporal [54]

Major [45]

Pioneer [37]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Bombardier [26]

Rifleman [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [16]

Sister [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Worker [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Temporary Captain [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Sergeant [9]

Staff Nurse [9]

Nursing Sister [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358]

Labour Corps [301]

Royal Field Artillery [285]

Royal Scots [273]

Army Service Corps [272]

Royal Irish Rifles [248]

Highland Light Infantry [197]

Royal Garrison Artillery [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [177]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159]

Gordon Highlanders [155]

Royal Highlanders [152]

Scottish Rifles [146]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137]

Machine Gun Corps [136]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [122]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [119]

Canadian Infantry [110]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [110]

Seaforth Highlanders [108]

Border Regiment [97]

Northumberland Fusiliers [92]

Cameron Highlanders [79]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Royal Naval Division [68]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [44]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Royal Irish Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [29]

Scots Guards [29]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal Air Force [22]

Tank Corps [21]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400]

Australian Imperial Force [642]

Royal Navy [432]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [8123]

K [6]

W [5]

C [4]

S [4]

L [2]

R [2]

A [1]

B [1]

D [1]

H [1]

M [1]

O [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892]

Merchant Navy [224]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Canada [7]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [42] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33] Melbourne Victoria [25] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22] Belfast, Antrim [21] Edinburgh [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] Glasgow Scotland [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Brunswick New South Wales [13] Shetland, Scotland [11] Hobart Tasmania [10] Carlton Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Belfast [8] Carlisle, Cumberland [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] Aberdeen Scotland [6] Glasgow [6] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6] North Shields, Northumberland, England [6] VIC Victoria [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Euroa Victoria [5] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Richmond Victoria [5] Townsville Queensland [5] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Bunbury Western Australia [4] Buninyong Victoria [4] Edinburgh Scotland [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Scotland [4] Walcha New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Belfast, Down [3] Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080] Serjeant [262] Gunner [256] Corporal [218] Driver [193] Sapper [186] Second Lieutenant [164] Lieutenant [144] Lance Corporal [140] Captain [113] Acting Corporal [54] Major [45] Pioneer [37] Acting Serjeant [33] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Bombardier [26] Rifleman [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Staff Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [16] Sister [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Worker [13] Able Seaman [12] Temporary Captain [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Colonel [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Sergeant [9] Staff Nurse [9] Nursing Sister [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5] Trooper [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4] Serjeant Major [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358] Labour Corps [301] Royal Field Artillery [285] Royal Scots [273] Army Service Corps [272] Royal Irish Rifles [248] Highland Light Infantry [197] Royal Garrison Artillery [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [177] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159] Gordon Highlanders [155] Royal Highlanders [152] Scottish Rifles [146] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137] Machine Gun Corps [136] Royal Irish Fusiliers [122] King's Own Scottish Borderers [119] Canadian Infantry [110] Royal Scots Fusiliers [110] Seaforth Highlanders [108] Border Regiment [97] Northumberland Fusiliers [92] Cameron Highlanders [79] London Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [69] Liverpool Regiment [68] Royal Naval Division [68] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Army Service Corps [44] Manchester Regiment [41] Royal Irish Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Cheshire Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Lancaster Regiment [29] Scots Guards [29] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal Air Force [22] Tank Corps [21] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19] Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400] Australian Imperial Force [642] Royal Navy [432] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [8123] K [6] W [5] C [4] S [4] L [2] R [2] A [1] B [1] D [1] H [1] M [1] O [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892] Merchant Navy [224] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Canada [7] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2]

H W Johnston

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 67th Punjabis

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Allen Leigh Johnston

British Army Lieutenant Baluchis

Indian Army Major 126th Baluchistan Infantry

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Arthur H Johnston-Lavis

Born 1892

British Army Temporary Lieutenant /Adjutant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers IX Corps

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Agnes Johnston-Bruce

Born 1883

British Army Staff Nurse and Special Military Probationer Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Staff Nurse and Special Military Probationer Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army Staff Nurse and Special Military Probationer Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Robert James Or Johnson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89406

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George Johnstone

Died 1918

British Army 40037 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 40037 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Btn

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Thomas Reginald St Johnston

Born 1881

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Johnston

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141831

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Ernest Livingstone Johnston, O.b.e., A.f.c.

Born 1891

Died 1930

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy 655 Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain (Temporary Major) Royal Air Force

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Margareta Johnston

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Robert George Johnston

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Norman Johnston

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J.r. Johnston

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Walter Johnston

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Edward Coleman Johnston

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George Johnston

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Jack Hugh Johnston

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Mabel Johan Johnston

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Melvin Edgar Johnston

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Elizabeth Johnston

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